Dani Olmo
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Full name | Daniel Olmo Carvajal[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 7 May 1998|||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Terrassa, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | RB Leipzig | |||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Espanyol | |||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2014 | Barcelona | |||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Dinamo Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Dinamo Zagreb II | 25 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||
2015–2020 | Dinamo Zagreb | 80 | (20) | |||||||||||||||||||
2020– | RB Leipzig | 55 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Spain U16 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Spain U17 | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Spain U18 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Spain U21 | 14 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Spain U23 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Spain | 18 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:28, 5 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:50, 14 November 2021 (UTC) |
Daniel Olmo Carvajal (born 7 May 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Spain national team. He can play as either an attacking midfielder or a winger.[3]
Club career[]
Early career[]
Born in Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Olmo arrived in FC Barcelona's youth academy aged nine, from neighbours RCD Espanyol.[2][4]
Dinamo Zagreb[]
In a surprise move, Olmo joined Dinamo Zagreb on 31 July 2014, aged 16.[5] He made his first team debut against Lokomotiva Zagreb on 7 February 2015.[6] On 22 August 2016, Olmo signed a new four-year contract with Dinamo Zagreb.[7]
On 20 September 2018, he provided Izet Hajrović with an assist for the third goal and scored the fourth in the Europa League 4–1 victory over Fenerbahçe.[8] On 17 December, Olmo was named the best player of Prva HNL for 2018.[9] In the same month, he finished 11th in Tuttosport's Golden Boy award, ahead of the likes of Kylian Mbappé and Josip Brekalo.[10] On 14 February 2019, he scored the only goal in a Europa League round of 32 game against Viktoria Plzeň, that ended in a 2–1 loss.[11] On 3 June, he was named the best player and best young player of the 2018–19 Prva HNL season.[12]
On 18 September 2019, he made his Champions League debut in a 4–0 home win over Atalanta.[13] He scored his first goal in the competition on 22 October in a 2–2 away draw with Shakhtar Donetsk.[14] He scored the only Dinamo's goal in a 1–4 home defeat to Manchester City on 11 December, as Dinamo finished at the bottom of the group.[15][16]
RB Leipzig[]
On 25 January 2020, Olmo moved to Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, signing a four-year contract.[17][18]
He made his debut on 1 February 2020, in a 2–2 draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach coming on for Tyler Adams in 69th minute.[19] Three days later he scored the only goal in a 3–1 DFB-Pokal defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt, having come on for Amadou Haidara in 46th minute.[20] He earned his first start for the club on 9 February, in a game against Bayern Munich that ended as a goalless draw, coming off for Patrik Schick in 69th minute.[21] On 12 June, he scored both goals in a 2–0 victory over 1899 Hoffenheim.[22] On 13 August, he scored the opening goal in a 2–1 victory over Atlético Madrid at Estádio José Alvalade, as Leipzig progressed to the Champions League semi-final for the first time in the history of the club.[23][24]
International career[]
Youth teams[]
Olmo was part of the Spanish squad at the 2015 European Under-17 Championship in Bulgaria; he netted in the penalty shoot-out as they were eliminated by Germany in the quarter-finals, but then had his attempt saved by Will Huffer as Spain lost to England by the same means in a play-off for that year's World Cup for the category.[25] Towards the end of 2017, Dinamo Zagreb director Tomislav Svetina said that the club was doing all it could to get the teenager Croatian citizenship. Olmo himself showed a desire to switch to Croatia at the international level.[26] However, in October 2018, he made his debut for the Spanish under-21 side.[citation needed]
Olmo was part of the Spanish squad that won 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy and San Marino, playing four matches, assisting one goal and scoring three, including one in the final which caused him to be named Man of the Match.[27][28][29]
Senior team[]
Olmo earned his first senior team call-up in November 2019, for Euro 2020 qualifiers against Malta and Romania, after Spain had already qualified for the tournament.[30] He debuted on 15 November as a substitute for Álvaro Morata in the 66th minute and scored three minutes later in the 7–0 home victory over Malta.[31] Fellow debutant Pau Torres also scored, making it the first time that two Spaniards scored on their first cap in 30 years.[32]
On 24 May 2021, Olmo was included in Luis Enrique's 24-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2020.[33] On 28 June, in the extra time of the round of 16 fixture against Croatia, he provided Morata and Mikel Oyarzabal with assists to set the score at 4–3 and 5–3 respectively.[34] On 2 July, after the quarter-final 1–1 draw with Switzerland went to a penalty shoot-out, Olmo successfully converted his as Spain won 3–1.[35] On 6 July, in the semi-final fixture against Italy, he provided Morata with an assist for an equalizer; however, another 1–1 draw went to another shoot-out with Olmo missing his penalty and Italy winning 4–2.[36]
On 29 June 2021, he was included in Luis de la Fuente's 22-man squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[37] On Spain's road to Olympic silver, Olmo contributed an assist in the 1–1 draw with Argentina,[38] and a goal and an assist in the 5–2 victory over Ivory Coast.[39] He was named a starter in the final that Spain lost 2–1 to Brazil.[40]
Personal life[]
Olmo's father, Miquel, is a retired footballer. A forward, he played professionally for lower-league teams.[41] Dani's older brother Carlos is also a footballer and plays as a defender for Karlovac 1919. Olmo speaks Croatian fluently.[42]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of match played 5 March 2022[43]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dinamo Zagreb II | 2015–16 | Druga HNL | 15 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||
2016–17 | Druga HNL | 10 | 2 | — | — | 10 | 2 | |||
Total | 25 | 3 | — | — | 25 | 3 | ||||
Dinamo Zagreb | 2014–15 | Prva HNL | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | Prva HNL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | ||
2016–17 | Prva HNL | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 18 | 4 | ||
2017–18 | Prva HNL | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | 33 | 9 | |
2018–19 | Prva HNL | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16[c] | 3 | 44 | 12 | |
2019–20 | Prva HNL | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11[d] | 5 | 22 | 8 | |
Total | 80 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 29 | 8 | 124 | 34 | ||
RB Leipzig | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2[d] | 1 | 15 | 5 |
2020–21 | Bundesliga | 32 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8[d] | 1 | 46 | 7 | |
2021–22 | Bundesliga | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4[e] | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
Total | 55 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 78 | 15 | ||
Career total | 160 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 43 | 10 | 227 | 52 |
- ^ Includes Croatian Cup, DFB-Pokal
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
International[]
- As of match played 14 November 2021[44]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Spain | 2019 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 7 | 0 | |
2021 | 10 | 2 | |
Total | 18 | 3 |
- As of match played 6 July 2021
- Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first[44]
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 15 November 2019 | Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz, Spain | 1 | ![]() |
5–0 | 7–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
2 | 28 March 2021 | Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia | 10 | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 | 31 March 2021 | Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville, Spain | 11 | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–1 |
Honours[]
Dinamo Zagreb[43]
- Prva HNL: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Croatian Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
- Croatian Super Cup: 2019
Spain U21
Spain U23
- Summer Olympics silver medal: 2020[citation needed]
Spain
- UEFA Nations League runner-up: 2020–21[46]
Individual
- UEFA Champions League Breakthrough XI: 2019[48]
- Prva HNL Player of the Year: 2018[9]
- Trophy Footballer – Best Prva HNL player: 2019[49]
- Trophy Footballer – Best Prva HNL U-21 player: 2019[49]
- Trophy Footballer – Prva HNL Team of the Year: 2019[49]
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb Player of the Year: 2019
- SIMPOSAR International Sports Symposium – Discovery of the Year: 2019[50][51]
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External links[]
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Terrassa
- Footballers from Catalonia
- Spanish footballers
- Association football wingers
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb II players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- RB Leipzig players
- Croatian First Football League players
- Croatian Second Football League players
- Bundesliga players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain international footballers
- UEFA Euro 2020 players
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